1974, Spain.
Lives and works in Berlín.
Painter. Unai embodies the creative philosophy represented by
the legacy of Joseph Beuys: a deep belief in the sanctity of
spontaneity, the poetry of chaos and rejection of traditional
academia. He is a self-taught artist. Their installations are
the result of a week of improvised "actions" and they
are created on-site using recycling materials from found objects,
or "gold trash" rescued from the streets of Berlin.
These materials resurrect and reinvent discarded relics by modern
mass. His installations are full of stories, pop and subcultural
artifacts, religious iconography and a wide range of literary
references, as well as allusions to the historical background
of art, ranging from Basquiat's urban poetry to Sir Howard Hodgkin's
abstract painting or to Jonathan Messe's theatrical symbolism.
His work has been exhibited worldwide.